Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in GMT.
| Thursday, November 17, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8:15 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:50 AM | Conference Introduction Maurice Button, CEO, City & Financial Global, and Founder and CEO of City Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:55 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Lawrence Wintermeyer, Chair of the Board, GBBC Digital Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM | Keynote address: Ensuring an internationally coordinated approach to the regulation of digital assets Steven Maijoor, Executive Board Member of Supervision, De Nederlandsche Bank; Chair, FSB’s working group on crypto-assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:15 AM | Keynote address: How crypto can help the UK to be an even more competitive International Financial Centre Keith Bottomley, Deputy Policy Chairman, City of London Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM | Keynote address: “Same Business, Same Risks, Same Rules” A securities regulator’s perspectives on innovation, regulation and crypto finance Julia Leung, Deputy CEO and Executive Director of Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:45 AM | Towards a new regime for the regulation of stable coins Moderator: Eva Szalay, Cross-Asset Reporter, Bloomberg Matthew Gravelle, Government Relations and Policy, UK and International, Kraken Digital Asset Exchange Candace Kelly, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Global Policy and Government Affairs, Stellar Development Foundation Teana Baker-Taylor, VP, Policy and Regulatory Strategy, EU/UK, Circle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:25 AM | Networking and Morning Coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:05 AM | The review in developments of CBDCs across the world Moderator: Eva Szalay, Cross-Asset Reporter, Bloomberg Xiaonan Zou, Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, UBS Group Treasury J. Christopher Giancarlo, Executive Chairman, Digital Dollar Project; Senior Counsel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher & Former Chairman, US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Previn Singh, Head of the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Centre of Competency, Credit Suisse Tony McLaughlin, Emerging Payments & Business Development, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:45 AM | Trends and Opportunities of Virtual Assets and Blockchain in Hong Kong Moderator: Dr King Au, Executive Director, Hong Kong’s Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) Tim Bailey, Vice President, Global Sales of Red Date Technology Benjamin Quinlan, CEO & Managing Partner, Quinlan & Associates Richard Dhuny, Senior Consultant, GFT Financial Ltd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:25 PM | Networking and Lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:30 PM | Crypto regulatory regime in the U.S. Moderator: Lawrence Wintermeyer, Chair of the Board, GBBC Digital Finance Linda Jeng, Chief Global Regulatory Officer and General Counsel, Crypto Council for Innovation Dr Suzanne Morsfield, Chairwoman, Accounting and Tax Working Group, GDCA Brian Quintenz, Advisory Partner, Andreesen Horowitz and former Commissioner, CFTC Chen Arad, Co-founder and COO, Solidus Labs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:10 PM | Fireside chat: CFTC’s role in regulating Digital Assets Moderator: Eva Szalay, Cross-Asset Reporter, Bloomberg Kristin N. Johnson, Commissioner, CFTC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:25 PM | Implications of MICA for market participants Moderator: Philip Stafford, Digital Finance News Editor, FT Lavan Thasarathakumar, Government and Regulatory Affairs Director – EMEA, GBBC Digital Finance Richard Metcalfe, Head of Regulatory Affairs, The World Federation of Exchanges Beata Sivak, Government Relations & Policy, Europe, Kraken George Morris, Partner, Digital Business, Simmons & Simmons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:05 PM | Networking and Afternoon Tea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:35 PM | Fireside chat: Success in a post-Brexit world - a UK framework for digital assets that could drive economic growth and innovation Moderator: Alissa Ostrove, Chief Of Staff, CryptoCompare Jordan Wain, UK Policy Lead, Chainalysis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:55 PM | Financial crime in digital assets I: emerging trends and typologies Moderator: Darren Parkin, Author, CityAM Paul Laffan, Head of Financial Crimes Compliance (Europe, Middle East, Africa), State Street Gert Jan van Hardeveld, Specialist at the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), Europol Jennifer Vander Veer, Product Strategist, TRM and Former FBI Special Agent Kevin Soobrayen, Threat Lead for Money Laundering, Bribery and. Corruption (NECC) Kevin Newe, Assistant Director – Illicit Finances Strategy Lead, Fraud Investigation Service, His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:35 PM | Financial crime in digital assets II: investigations and analytics Moderator: Darren Parkin, Author, CityAM Andrew Gould CISSP, CISMP, Detective Chief Superintendent, National Cybercrime Programme Lead, National Police Chiefs’ Council Katherine Minarik, VP Legal and Deputy General Counsel, Coinbase David Carlisle, VP of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Elliptic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:15 PM | Chair’s closing remarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 8:15 AM | Registration, networking and morning coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:05 AM | Welcome introduction Maurice Button, CEO, City & Financial Global, and Founder and CEO of City Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Chair’s opening remarks Emma Joyce, CEO, GBBC Digital Finance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:15 AM | Fireside Chat: TradFi-Crypto integration: where will be in 5 years' time and what needs to happen to get there? Moderator Panel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:35 AM | Institutional adoption of digital assets – opportunities and challenge Moderator Emma Joyce, CEO, GBBC Digital Finance Panel Xiaonan Zou, Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, UBS Group Treasury Russell Barlow, Global Head of Alternatives, abrdn Steven Ashley, Chairman, Laser Digital (a Nomura company) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15 AM | Realising the potential of tokenisation in financial services Moderator: Cyrill Tröndle, Founding Partner, Numeus Dr Peter T. Golder, Head of Group Digital Assets, London Stock Exchange Group Tyrone Lobban, Head of Blockchain Launch & Onyx Digital Assets, Onyx by J.P. Morgan Xiao-Xiao Zhu, Digital Operating Partner & Blockchain Lead, KKR Previn Singh, Head of the Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Centre of Competency, Credit Suisse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:05 AM | Networking and Morning Coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:35 AM | Custody services and risk management Moderator James Harris, Commercial Director, CryptoCompare Panel Swen Werner, Managing Director, State Street Digital Katey Neate, Managing Director, Chief Risk Officer, Securities Servicing and Digital, BNY Mellon Chris Tyrer, Head of Fidelity Digital Asset Management and Head of Europe, Fidelity Digital Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:15 PM | Investment and trading strategies for institutional investors Moderator: James Delaney, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, AIMA Michael Hall, Chief Investment Officer & Founder, Nickel Digital Asset Management Ltd Daniel Masters, Chairman, CoinShares James Morek, Head of Bank & Asset Manager Sales, EMEA, Coinbase Sarah Crabb, Partner, FS Funds, Simmons & Simmons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:55 PM | Networking and Lunch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:00 PM | Will crypto become a mainstream payments channel and, if so, what are the regulatory challenges that it might pose? Moderator: Mauricio Magaldi, Global Strategy Director of Crypto, 11:FS Basak Toprak, Executive Director, EMEA Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by J.P. Morgan Gene Hoffman, President & COO, Chia Network Sendi Young, Managing Director, UK & Europe, Ripple Jess Houlgrave, Head of Crypto Strategy, Checkout.com Kate Fitzgerald, Head of Policy, Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:40 PM | Keynote address: Ethereum 2.0: Switching to Proof-of-Stake Lex Sokolin, Head Economist, Decentralized Protocols and Global Fintech Co-Head, ConsenSys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:55 PM | Fireside chat: ESG considerations and strategies for crypto firms Moderator: Anastasia Kinsky, Head of Programmes & Content, GBBC Digital Finance Gene Hoffman, President & COO, Chia Network | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:10 PM | Best ways to access investments opportunities in the crypto space Moderator: Jeanette C. Seng, Global Partnerships Managing Director Crypto and Emerging Business, FIS Sally Duckworth, Interim COO, Fabric Ventures Marieke Flament, Chief Executive Officer, NEAR Foundation Ankush Jain, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Aaro Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:50 PM | Chair’s closing remarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
